The Goldilocks Novel Length

The Goldilocks Novel Length

by | Jan 25, 2026 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

How long should your book be? Do you worry about this? I know authors have enough to think about when they’re writing a novel—character arcs, plot arcs, conflict, and that timeline—but should they also worry about the length of the book? Some people say no. A...
Writing Across Genres

Writing Across Genres

by | Jul 6, 2025 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

Does your mystery novel have a romance in it? Does your speculative fiction have a mystery element? Does your romance take place on another planet? It seems that there’s a lot of cross-genre writing going on. I attribute this to indie- publishing. Traditional...
Writing Ritual vs. Routine

Writing Ritual vs. Routine

by | Jun 15, 2025 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

If you write every morning for half an hour before work, you’ve got a writing routine. Do you decide on a weekly goal to write so many words? That would be a writing routine. Do you tell yourself that you’re going to get a scene written every day and then do so?...
Are you being heard?

Are you being heard?

by | Jun 1, 2025 | Blog, Business of Writing, Writing

A blog post on Writers in the Storm (which has quickly become my favorite writing blog) got me thinking (as all good blog posts should, really). The post was called “The Tools Have Changed But Your Voice Still Matters.” And it details how, in even as few as five years...
When do you write?

When do you write?

by | Apr 27, 2025 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

 I’m sure I’ve written on this topic before, but somehow, I can’t find it, and if I can’t find it, that means that you can’t find it. So, I’ll tackle it again. I’ve been thinking about this recently because I’ve been swamped with Other Work (i.e. editing, formatting,...